That’s a lot of hats… I thought I made more socks this year, but I guess I was coasting on memories of last year. My biggest failure was a shawl I cast on three separate times – I do plan to start it again this year, but I definitely needed some distance before I could […]

We had a historic storm yesterday. We actually got rain (it was in the 50s the whole day), with tons of wind, and the height of it coincided with the monthly highest high tide. Needless to say, there were tons of trees down, and the coastal impacts were pretty epic. I mention this in a

Pattern: Bough by Leila RavenYarn: Cascade Alpaca Lana D’Oro in the Ruby colorwayNeedles: Size 4 and 7 circs and size 7 DPNs Another quick hat – this one successfully achieving the size I actually needed.    It was really fun to knock some patterns I’ve already enjoyed out of yarn I had kicking around.

Pattern: Hermione Hearts Ron by Christy AylesworthYarn: Malabrigo Yarn Silky Merino in the Stonechat colorwayNeedles: Size 3 and 4 circs, and size 4 DPNs The last time I made this pattern, due to a complete misunderstanding of the yarn I was using, I did a sport weight pattern with worsted yarn, and it turned out

Pattern: Brezel Beanie by Svetlana VolkovaYarn: I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in WhiteNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs and size 7 DPNs My mother asked for hats to match her new coat, and I went straight to the yarn and pattern stashes.     I’ve made this hat twice before, and this is

This is number one of a pair of Zostera marina socks, by Hunter Hammersen. The yarn is Blue Moon Yarn Silky Sock in a nice mix of bluey green and purple. I’m enjoying this pattern – there are instructions for varying the spirals so you can make the socks mirror each other, which is pretty

Pattern: Genmaicha Mitts by Kirsten KapurYarn: Swans Island Ikat Collection Watercolors in the Ikat Indigo/Teal colorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs I revisited this pattern that I’d used a number of years ago, and promptly managed to skip the garter stitch border at the top of the ribbing on the wrists.    At least it doesn’t look

Pattern: Argus by Leila RavenYarn: Quince and Co Lark in the Iceland colorwayNeedles: Size 8, 9 and 10 circs and Size 9 and 10 DPNs I can’t believe I started this back in April – it was not a hard pattern to work with at all.     Granted, I did let it lie fallow for

Pattern: Heidi by Katya FrankelYarn: Quince and Co Whimbrel in the Bowsprit colorwayNeedles: Size 4 Circs and DPNs and Size 3 DPNs So I really screwed up the needle sizes.     With my normal gauge, I probably should have used 6’s and 7’s.   I think I may have been thrown off by the mm sizes

This is the Heidi sweater, by Katya Frankel. I’m making it in Quince and Co Whimbrel, in what I think is the Bowsprit colorway. I got this yarn in a seconds sales, and I found out why while winding it. Skein number one had a cut in it, and skein number two was so tangled